In this issue

Riff Of The Month: Fontaines D.C. – I Don’t Belong.

Open-Mic Songbook: Sam Fender – Play God.

MORSE POWER!

AS ROCK LEGENDS DEEP PURPLE CELEBRATE ANOTHER HIT ALBUM WITH WHOOSH!, GUITAR VIRTUOSO STEVE MORSE TALKS TONE, TENSION AND TECHNIQUE – AND EXPLAINS HOW JAZZ MUSIC CONTINUES TO INSPIRE HIM

7 mins

Free Your Mind… And Your Ass Will Follow!

Funk legend James Brown used to call himself ‘the hardest working man in show business’. In 2020, that guy is cory wong, the modern funk master who’s made five albums within a year – four solo records and one a collaboration with pianist Jon Batiste. Here, in his own words, cory outlines his ever-expanding “artistic journey” via 10 key tracks...

8 mins

Heart of Darkness

IRISH POST-PUNK HEROES FONTAINES D.C. ARE ONE OF THE FASTEST-RISING BANDS IN MODERN ROCK. BUT WHEN THEY MADE THEIR HIT NEW ALBUM A HERO’S DEATH THEY WERE IN “A BAD PLACE”, STRUGGLING TO COPE WITH THEIR OWN SUCCESS. FENDER-TOTING GUITARISTS CARLOS O’CONNELL AND CONOR CURLEY EXPLAIN WHY THEY RECORDED THE ALBUM TWICE, WHY THEY FAVOUR UNORTHODOX PEDALBOARDS, AND WHY, SOMETIMES, A “SH*TTY” SOUND IS BEST

9 mins

“WE'RE COMPLETE PEDAL GEEKS!”

WITH A NEW IDLES ALBUM, ULTRA MONO, JUST RELEASED, THE BRISTOL BAND’S GUITARISTS LEE KIERNAN AND MARK BOWEN DISCUSS THEIR LOVE OF FENDERS, WALLS OF AMPS AND GIANT PEDALBOARDS, BUT THEY ADMIT: “ALL OUR GUITAR PARTS ARE REALLY SIMPLE”

9 mins

Fender 2020 Back To The Future

How the world’s biggest guitar company takes some of the guitar world’s most-loved instruments and remakes them anew

8 mins

The Future Sound Of Fender

TG talks tone, gear and songwriting with Black Pumas, Yola, Girl In Red and IDLES – the Fender Next artists who are building new sounds from fresh approaches

9 mins

MIXING TIPS

Wrapping up our miniseries on home recording, we turn our attention to the mixdown process with tips from Grammy-nominated rock and metal producer Romesh Dodangoda

4 mins

EPIPHONE SG SPECIAL P-90 £349

Inspired by Gibson… and could it be the perfect compromise?

3 mins

MXR TIMMY £139

Meet the accessible version of a cult classic

2 mins

SOCCER MOMMY

Nashville’s Soccer Mommy has had quite the rise over the last half-decade.

2 mins

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